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RUSH: Now, this is the genius that is going to fix our economy. This is on CNBC.com. Lawrence Summers, the National Economic Council, he's one of the advisors. He's said this about the stimulus and its effect on the economy.SUMMERS: We saw data today for the first time, uh, that showed that the first $16 billion of the stimulus created over 30,000 jobs. So this is working, and the majority of the funds haven't yet been paid out. I think you have to recognize that we're in a very different place...

RUSH: Rasmussen Reports: "Most Americans like state lotteries and think state governments should run them rather than the private sector. A new Rasmussen Reports national telephone survey finds that 56% of adults say states should run lotteries to generate revenue. Just 27% disagree and think states should not operate lotteries. Sixteen percent (16%) are not sure. Fifty-four percent (54%) of all adults say it's better for states to run lotteries than to let private companies run them to generate...

RUSH: Here's Don in Indianapolis, welcome to the program, sir. Great to have you here.CALLER: Rush, great to be on with you, love the show.RUSH: Thank you.CALLER: Hey, have you heard any insight on the upcoming season of "24"?RUSH: Yes.CALLER: Please tell.RUSH: Well, it's not much. I know that a lot of it, particularly at the opening, centers in New York. And the Counterterrorist Unit is back, CTU is back. I don't know of any new cast members or any of that. But I can tell you that the...

RUSH: I just checked the e-mail while I was on a call, and I got a couple naysayers, "Come on, Rush! See, this is what you always do, what you always do. So somebody says, 'We don't want to have a ruckus or any trouble in Texas,' and you say, 'Of course not! We're not allowed to protest the Dear Leader in North Korea. We're not allowed to protest the Dear Leader in Cuba or in Russia.' There you go, Rush, comparing the Obama people and so forth to communists. Why do you always do this? This is...

RUSH: Let's go to the audio sound bites. Savannah Guthrie, an NBC infobabe on Scarborough's show this morning. He asked her, "So how does the president go to New Orleans to talk about Katrina and instead of going over to Mississippi gets on a plane and flies to a Democrat fundraiser in San Francisco?"GUTHRIE: I think that it just kind of was an exclamation point for those who felt that this was an insult, that he didn't spend a lot of time there. He visited a charter school, talked to some kids...

RUSH: Now, ladies and gentlemen, the Official Obama Criticizer, Bo Snerdley, asked me yesterday if he could enter this fray. His theory is that he is Certified Black Enough to legitimately and without criticism criticize Obama. And he would like to say some words about this NFL episode. So without any further delay, here is Mr. Bo Snerdley, the Official Obama Criticizer here on the EIB Network.SNERDLEY: This is Bo Snerdley, Official Obama Criticizer for the EIB Network. Certified Black Enough...

RUSH: Rich in Myrtle Beach, South Carolina, great to have you with us on Open Line Friday. Hello, sir.CALLER: Good afternoon, Rush. How are you?RUSH: Great. Thank you.CALLER: Hey, I just wanted to point out that I think the NFL has been racist prior to this. Back when they went to Detroit for the Super Bowl, they had the Rolling Stones band play, and I think they should have had Motown stars. I mean Stevie Wonder comes to mind right away and the rest of them. That's tremendous music, and...

This is Gordon in Lakeland, Florida. Nice to have you on the program, sir, hello.CALLER: Thanks for taking my phone call. I'm a conservative like you and socialized anything scares me. So when I did some research and found that the Japanese health care system which is socialized has people living longer, having less cancer, and it costs about half as much as ours, I got confused. My gut feeling is saying socialized anything is bad, but my academics are saying that it's good. You're very knowledgeable...

RUSH: Folks, look. You and I now know and we've proven beyond a shadow of a doubt, they don't listen -- except yesterday in a lone occasion. The Drive-Bys did listen to the first 15 minutes yesterday. You know how I know that? Because they reported what I said accurately. From the New York Times to the Associated Press, to any number of places, they reported it accurately. (interruption) Well, no, they were not shamed into listening. It was a strategic move on my part, H.R. They were all......

RUSH: Grab audio sound bite number six, Jay Leno last night on The Jay Leno Show on NBC. LENO: Rush Limbaugh has been dropped from a group of investors who were trying to buy the St. Louis Rams. Speculation was that Limbaugh was considered by the league to be too controversial, you know, unlike Michael Vick, Pacman Jones, Coach Tom Cable, Plaxico Burress. The NFL hates controversy!RUSH: Right on, right on, right on, right on.Fifteen Minutes of Truth Telling is Winning the Day... • American...

RUSH: Now, here's Wayne Huizenga. Wayne Huizenga this morning on Bloomberg News, the correspondent Lizzie O'Leary interviewed Huizenga. She said, "You would not have objected to Limbaugh being an owner in the NFL?"HUIZENGA: No. I mean, Rush, wouldn't bother me a bit if he was in just like it wouldn't bother me if Obama was an owner. There's a vast difference of opinion in the NFL as it is today in all sports. I mean, you know, there's Republicans and there's Democrats and there's people that...

RUSH: Last night on the O'Reilly Factor on the Fox News Channel Juan Williams was a guest along with some radio host by the name of Warren Ballentine and the subject was me, and O'Reilly said, "The reason that Limbaugh is not going to be able to buy into the NFL is because a bunch of made-up stuff became legion and he got hammered." Here's Warren Ballentine and Juan Williams, their exchange.BALLENTINE: Okay, we won't look at the made-up stuff. Let's look at him playing Barack the Magic Negro on...

Ladies and gentlemen, at RushLimbaugh.com we have posted a series, a large number of links from across the media spectrum which are either very supportive of me in this whole NFL fiasco or very accurate in reporting what I said in the first 15 minutes of this program yesterday. It's too numerous to go through here on the radio program because frankly there are other things I want to get into today, but there is one aspect of this that we learned from Joseph Ashby at the AmericanThinker.com last...

You're Missing Out on Thousands of Rush Quotes! Join Rush 24/7 NOW!"The subject of race is being used as a sledgehammer to silence opposition to liberalism. It's a cancer in our country, and it is growing.""If somebody calls you a racist, tell them, 'I know what you're trying to do -- you're trying to get me to shut up.' Then tell them you're sick and tired of their holier-than-thou arrogance and condescension.""How can I trick the media into dumping on Obama? Well, as you well know, I can play...